apple0154
MEOW
automation comes about to lower the costs involved in making a product. that is all. it does have the net result of an increase in profit, but if labor costs stay in line with the value of making the product, it offers no incentive for the employer to automate and can even increase the capital budget needed for automation. therefore, the reason most companies end up automating is because labor has demanded living wages which make costs of producing a product prohibitive. elementary economics.
That has to be the most absurd thing I've read in a long time. You're saying the people who run a company decide they're making enough money and don't look at ways to increase profits. In what satire magazine did you find your economics course?